What Makes You Tick?

12.14.2011

overlooking the Pacific Ocean.... driving Route 1..... gorg.

Have you ever thought about makes you happy?

I was on my flight back from Phoenix last night and had some time to kill. It's not a short flight. I had already watched three episodes of Golden Girls, fought "Angry Birds" for awhile, and watched Friends with Benefits the movie.

I've always been a list maker (um, hi bucket list) and the "who am I?" page is probably the closest I ever came to making a list of what makes me tick. I was thinking that despite how busy I had been recently, I felt really and truly happy. Being the analytical person that I am, I tried to figure out what it was that had changed. I couldn't really ... But that was in part because I decided to make a list of all the things that made me happy. In an effort to keep the list focused and without a lot of thought, I set a 2 minute timer.

Here is my list....

SunIced coffeebaconThe waterText messagesEmail historyLanding at airportsEmail confirmationsFarmers marketsTaking picturesLooking at picturesCutting the lawnRinsing off seashellsCurling up in my bedSnugglingWaking up to the sunHolding a coffee mug with two handsLinking armsWalking in syncStanding at the top of a hillFixing something

No real "point" to this .... but I think it was an interesting point of reflection.

I wonder how many of these I do in an average week...

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The family lawn is always available to fulfill your passion for cuting the lawn. The problem of course is our disagreement in "course". You prefer a lawn cut at a rough fairway height while the proper height is a nice crisp clean lower cut of center of a golf fairway. If this is our biggest disagreement in life, then we are doing well. You share the only item your grandfather and I could not come to terms on, lawn height.